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A fragmentary private letter of the 4th century AD from Markos to his son Sabinus. It mentions oil belonging to fellow-citizens, a jar of green mustard, four staters owed by a certain Theodora, items received from Saras the sailor, and asks for a letter about the son's health.
The Greek is ungrammatical and several lines are damaged, so the connections between clauses are uncertain. The meaning of 'perichyta' (perhaps vessels or poured goods) in the last line is unclear.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] Μάρκος …… Σαβείνῳ τῷ υἱῷ …… χαίρειν ἔλαιον τῶν συμπολίτων σου … καλεις αὐτὸ καὶ εἰσῆλθε πλησον κεράμιον σίναπις χλωροῦ ἐὰν ᾖ Θεοδώρα μὴ δοῦσα τοὺς τέσσαρας στατῆρας τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ ἐὰν ἐξελθῇ ἀλλʼ εἴ τε διδῶ αὐτῷ ἵνα ἐνέγκε σοι τὰ ἐλάβατε ἀπὸ Σαρᾶτος ναυτικοῦ γράψατέ μοι ὅτι τι κα…
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